bookie

[ book-ee ]

/ ˈbʊk i /

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noun

bookmaker (def. 1).

Origin of bookie

First recorded in 1880–85; book(maker) + -ie

Words nearby bookie

booked up, bookend, Booker Prize, book gill, book group, bookie, book in, booking, booking agent, booking clerk, booking office

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Example sentences from the Web for bookie

Then he returned to the Paddock, passing a bookie with uplifted hand of protest.
Boy Woodburn|Alfred Ollivant
Then I take my savings from the bank and pawn my clothes, and much money goes to the bookie to back Mutton Chop.
Punch, Or the London Charivari, Volume 148, January 6th, 1915|Various
There, faintly legible on the back in pencil, was the hieroglyph that the bookie had scrawled on it.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, June 2, 1920|Various
This makes you an 'Investment Counselor, short-term transactions only,' and removes from you the odious nomenclature of 'Bookie.'
The Big Fix|George Oliver Smith

This man had introduced them to each other carelessly, and hurried away to "square things up with his bookie."
Bella Donna|Robert Hichens

British Dictionary definitions for bookie

bookie

/ (ˈbʊkɪ) /

noun

informal short for bookmaker

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单词	bookie
释义	bookie [ book-ee ] / ˈbʊk i / SEE SYNONYMS FOR bookie ON THESAURUS.COM noun bookmaker (def. 1). Origin of bookie First recorded in 1880–85; book(maker) + -ie Words nearby bookie booked up, bookend, Booker Prize, book gill, book group, bookie, book in, booking, booking agent, booking clerk, booking office Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for bookie Then he returned to the Paddock, passing a bookie with uplifted hand of protest. Boy Woodburn\|Alfred Ollivant Then I take my savings from the bank and pawn my clothes, and much money goes to the bookie to back Mutton Chop. Punch, Or the London Charivari, Volume 148, January 6th, 1915\|Various There, faintly legible on the back in pencil, was the hieroglyph that the bookie had scrawled on it. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, June 2, 1920\|Various This makes you an 'Investment Counselor, short-term transactions only,' and removes from you the odious nomenclature of 'Bookie.' The Big Fix\|George Oliver Smith This man had introduced them to each other carelessly, and hurried away to "square things up with his bookie." Bella Donna\|Robert Hichens British Dictionary definitions for bookie bookie / (ˈbʊkɪ) / noun informal short for bookmaker Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to bookie bettor, bookmaker, backer, speculator, player, crapshooter, cardsharp, shill, dicer, plunger, highroller, risktaker, gambler
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bookie

noun

Origin of bookie

Words nearby bookie

Example sentences from the Web for bookie

British Dictionary definitions for bookie

noun

Words related to bookie